#ActuallyAutistic is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 157 people shared 565 posts with it — around 19 a day. Activity is up 28% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 17 with 27 posts.

Posts with #ActuallyAutistic

Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

RFK Jr. paints autism in a apocalyptic colors. As an #ActuallyAutistic journalist who has spent the last decade writing about autism, I had to confront him about it. www.independent.co.uk/new….

www.independent.co.uk

RFK Jr calls autism a tragedy. As an autistic journalist, I have thoughts

ANALYSIS: Health Secretary wilfully misreads data that should be celebrated, not feared, writes Eric Garcia

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

3 months ago

I get the impulse for autistic people to want to respond by saying that they DID go to college or play baseball or date and work. But that still plays into ableist narratives. Even if an #ActuallyAutistic person does none of these, they still have worth.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social

RFK Jr: Kids with autism will never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date.

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adhdwonderwoman

@adhdwonderwoman.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#ActuallyAutistic gets it

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel

@neurodivergentrebel.substack.com

over 1 year ago

I shouldn’t have to say this in 2025 but vaccines do not “cause Autism” #ActuallyAutistic

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Leah McElrath

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Autism isn’t all boys with special interests in trains or tech. Autistic special interests can include feminine-coded subjects like psychology (figuring out people and how better to understand and fit in among them) and makeup (so much tactile and visual stimming is possible!). #ActuallyAutistic

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Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Autism isn’t caused by vaccines. It isn’t “caused” at all. It just is. Fact: Autistic people aren’t broken. They’re not lost. They don’t need to be “recovered”—they need to be respected. #ActuallyAutistic voices matter.

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The Articulate Autistic

@articulateautistic.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

I mean… 😆 #ActuallyAutistic #Anxiety #Introvert #Funny #Meme

Two graphics, side by side, of the same man wearing a powdered wig and a brown robe. In the left graphic, he’s squinting at a newspaper, in the second he’s looking out with a skeptical facial expression.

Text reads: ‘Reading self-help books like’: “Surround yourself with people who—“ “Surround myself with people??”

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Should add that while RFK Jr. is talking about how autism destroys families, the Trump administration sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the father of an #ActuallyAutistic child to El Salvador and says without evidence that he's a member of MS-13.

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

New from me: As RFK Jr. fearmongers about autism being an "epidemic," the Department of Health and Human Services terminated a grant that would have researched how to reduce suicide among LGBTQ+ #ActuallyAutistic people. via @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/new….

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RFK Jr. talks about an ‘autism epidemic.’ HHS cut money to reduce suicide in autism

Laura Graham Holmes received a grant to find interventions to reduce suicide among autistic people. Now that grant has been cut

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

12 months ago

For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here. www.harpercollins.com/pro….

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We're Not Broken

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

I’ve gained more than 1,000 followers in the past few days. So hello. My name is Eric. I’m Washington Bureau chief @theindependent.bsky.social/co-author our politics newsletter. I wrote one book about autism and am #ActuallyAutistic. I am writing a second about autism and masculinity.

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